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Archive for November, 2008

My Gospel Memory Verse List – From Dever

I’m still reading that Dever book about evangelism. On page 64 he does a great job of explaining what we need to keep central when explaining the gospel to others. This explanation includes 3 key items to be clear about and a whole slew of verses. I’ve written them below for reference. [...]

November 5th, 2008
Topic: Book Reviews & Commentary Tags: , , , ,

He has shown us what God is like. (John 1:18c NIrV)

Every four or five months I’m asked to prepare a message and help our body prepare their hearts for communion. I love doing this, because it gives me an opportunity to look at the Word with an eye for the Gospel. Every time I do it, I get a new perspective on who [...]

November 3rd, 2008
Topic: Scripture Study Tags: ,

I know I said I wasn’t going to post anything else about the election…

Once again Piper puts Tuesday into perspective. He has an uncanny ability to say exactly what I need to hear. I’m sorry I posted about the election, but in light of the content here, I feel like it is a good reminder to believers as election day approaches. Thanks Russ for turning [...]

November 2nd, 2008
Topic: Quotes Tags: , ,

Show Them Your Love…

For the last couple of days, I’ve been reading “Gospel & Personal Evangelism” by Mark Dever. So far it is helpful in diagnosing / examining your evangelism practices. It includes some very pragmatic ways to deal with your wrong thinking with respect to evangelism. Towards the end of the first chapter Mark [...]

November 1st, 2008
Topic: Book Reviews & Commentary Tags: , , , ,

Gospel of John for Kids – Part 2: His Authority

As a refresher, last week we walked through the first chapter of the Gospel of John. It was good, but I felt like I spent the entire time defining words, so this week I’m going to start with word definitions before we read the text. We’ll see how that goes, but I’m thinking [...]

November 1st, 2008
Topic: Gospel for Kids Tags: , , , ,